tilde
/ˈtɪldə/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
noun
A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
noun
A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
noun
A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.
noun
A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.
noun
A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.
noun
A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.
noun
A symbol ⟨~⟩, with various names and uses, also known as swung dash or wave dash. In the computer industry, various other names may be used, such as squiggle and twiddle.
Example Sentences
- "California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸)."
- "The tilde was used similarly in Portuguese on vowels to show that the letter bearing the tilde should be pronounced nasally."
- "swung dash A stock keyboard character, used in mathematics as the sign of similarity (a ~ b) and in lexicography as a sign of repetition. The same sign has been used in symbolic logic to indicate negation, but to avoid confusion, the angular negation symbol (¬) is preferred. Not to be confused with the tilde."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin